Use rail money to fix Aloha Stadium instead
Stop the rail project where it is now — at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.
The rail project will cost Hawaii taxpayers more than $10 billion and it surely will never solve the traffic problems on Oahu.
Yet I understand another $2 billion is wanted to complete the four miles to the Ala Moana Center.
Use the $2 billion to renovate Aloha Stadium instead of breaking it down, which would leave our University of Hawaii Warrior football team homeless for the upcoming season in 2021 and probably beyond (“Budget problems and maintenance issues force Aloha Stadium to put a temporary halt on new events,” Star-Advertiser, Dec. 18).
To me, Aloha Stadium with its 50,000-seat capacity is a good-looking professional stadium, and there are a lot of fond memories of other events there. Don’t tear it down. Renovate it!
Melvin Partido Sr.
Pearl City
Oahu shouldn’t pay for Kealoha’s defense
Although I’m from Hawaii island, I feel compelled to address the citizens of Oahu having to foot the legal bills of the former chief of the Honolulu Police Department (“Honolulu judge rules city must pay for Louis Kealoha’s legal defense,” Star-Advertiser, Dec. 14).
He knowingly assisted his wife in committing the criminal acts, not as a public servant but as the husband of Katherine Kealoha. I pray that those asking the people of Oahu to do this would reconsider their decision.
Edith Esteban
Hilo
Government workers have jobs, great benefits
There are positives and negatives in working for the government, whether it be federal, state or city.
Government employees must remember where their income comes from. Like any business, government must balance income and expenses. Government workers should be thankful they have a job and a lot of great benefits, such as medical and retirement.
A majority of teachers did not want to teach our children in person. I think this is shortchanging our children. I feel they need to do their job and stop trying to make it one-way only, what is best for them.
Ernie Itoga
Waialae Iki
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